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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Team Marketing
EAN: 9780792843597
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792843592
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 29, 2000
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 3774
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1986
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie chronicles the attempts of a coach with a spotty past, and the town's basketball-loving drunk to lead their high school team to victory.
Amazon.com:
One of the most rousingly enjoyable sports movies ever made, this small-town drama tells the story of the Hickory Huskers, an underdog basketball team from a tiny Indiana high school that makes it all the way to the state championship tournament. It's a familiar story, but sensitive direction and a splendid screenplay helped make this one of the best films of 1986, highlighted by the superb performances of Gene Hackman as the Huskers' coach, and Oscar nominee Dennis Hopper as the alcoholic father of one of the team's key players. As the drama unfolds we come to realize that many of the characters (including Barbara Hershey as a schoolteacher with whom Hackman falls in love) are recovering from disappointing setbacks, and this depth of character is what makes the otherwise conventional basketball story so richly rewarding. Like Rocky, Rudy, and Breaking Away, this is a quintessentially American movie about beating the odds and rising above one's own limitations. Just try to watch it without cheering! --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - The king of all sports movies...
I often lament about the fact that sports movies in general are repetitive and clichéd and that there are rarely any truly inspirational and or original attempts at the genre. In fact, aside from `Friday Night Lights' I have yet to be truly impressed with a sports movie really. That was all until I saw `Hoosiers' last night, a film that I had avoided because of the whole `sports movie' stigmata and just really felt it was going to be yet another sappy true story with all the same dynamics as every ... Read More
Rating:  - BLU-RAY REVIEWS?
WHO TO BELIEVE?
Hoosiers{Blu-Ray Version}, April 18, 2008
By Sam - See all my reviews
GREAT SPORTS MOVIE! INSTEAD OF REVIEWING MOVIE, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS A GREAT SPORTS MOVIE, JUST WANTED TO SAY THE BLU-RAY PICTURE IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER MY OLD DVD. I'M ONLY REPLACING MY OLD MOVIES THAT I LOVE BUT LOOK BAD ON MY NEW HDTV. WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE PICTURE QUALITY ON THIS. THE ONLY DRAWBACK TO THIS BLU-RAY IS THERE AREN'T ANY EXTRAS EXCEPT FOR A TRAILER. BUT IF YOUR LOOKING ... Read More
Rating: - One of the Best (Sports) Movies Ever!
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RE4QP7865FH67 'Hoosiers' is a super sports' tale
About headstrong coach Norman Dale,
Who Comes to Indiana's Hickory,
A tiny town set on victory.
Norman's way comes first and foremost.
No wins for him to brag or to boast.
Warming a cold shoulder from icy Myra Fleener.
Chilly stares and curt comments couldn't be keener.
Jimmy's the town basketball hero.
Opting out brings success down ... Read More
Rating: - Collectible item
I found the piece I was looking after trying to download stupid copies from the internet. It is worth! buying originals from amazon.
Rating: - I love the movie, but Coach Dale was a fraud
Let's be honest here, Hoosiers is the best basketball ever made. It is the sports movie by which all future sports movies are made. It's the classic tale of a small team overcoming great odds to win it all. What makes this story so compelling is that it's based upon a true story.
The Hickory Hucksters are a 1950s high school basketball team of small-town, rural Indiana. They represent the entire town in the stereotypical story where the entire town shuts down on game night. Filmed in a perfect ... Read More
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